There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

After returning to the compound, Zhang Guoqing lived a leisurely life.

He took his son with him for several days. The father and son either caught crickets, raised grasshoppers, tied grasshoppers, copied dragonflies, played with fireflies, raced beetles, and occasionally rode a erbabar to the countryside to catch some partial food.

This day makes Zhou Xiaozheng look envious. When he came back from get off work that day, he waited until meal time to see a little fool riding on the big fool's neck, covered in mud.

The little fool grabbed the small bamboo hat, saw Zhou Xiaozheng, and showed it off happily: Grandpa, my dad and I went to help people herd cattle, and also helped collect big watermelons. You see, this is a gift from the captain.

The big fool cheerfully handed the net bag to Aunt Chen, I'll take Ping An to the village today. It's the harvest season, and all I see are cheerful smiles. It's finally much better than the previous two years.

Zhou Xiaozheng jokingly said: That's right, love the people like a son. After speaking, he glanced at the watermelon, Your Uncle Zhou sent me a message a few days ago to send me watermelons, and there will be no shortage of melons in the future.

Zhang Guoqing knew who he was referring to as Uncle Zhou, the captain of the village in the suburbs of Beijing, and his family had a yard over there. It's a pity that it's too far away, except for passing by on the mountain to worship during the Qingming Festival, I rarely go there.

Dad, why haven't you set off this year?

Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head, Waiting for a few days to pass, there are still things that have not been dealt with here.

Zhang Guoqing nodded, but didn't try to break his mind. He probably wanted to wait for Zhou Jiao to come back before leaving. He pointed to his body and said, Then I'll take the child to take a bath first.

Well, I washed and ate. By the way, did you forget something?

Zhang Guoqing looked at him in confusion.

Have you been to the small courtyard along the north?

Zhang Guoqing slapped himself on the forehead, and laughed happily, I really forgot. I'll take Ping An over there to have a look tomorrow, and I'll talk about the details when Jiaojiao comes back.

Zhou Xiaozheng heard the meaning behind his words, he nodded, Don't worry, I'll watch it when I have time. After speaking, he waved his father and son to take a shower.

After dinner, the family moved to the stone table in the yard to enjoy the shade. They were still attacked by mosquitoes when they lit the matchstick. In the end, Ping An felt sorry for his grandma. sachet.

Lin Lishan cheerfully enjoyed the child's filial piety, followed behind him holding a cattail fan and kept waving at him, much to the dismay of Mrs. Cheng who came to visit.

Seeing the old lady and the old couple coming together, Zhang Guoqing quickly went to the room and moved out the rocking chair for her. It is said that this is the old lady's favorite rattan chair. It was bought in Haishi and checked in. There were two at home before, and one was given to Cheng's family.

Don't be too busy, sit down and rest.

It's okay, you always lie down and look at the stars.

On the stone table, Cheng Lao and Zhou Xiaozheng had already set up a chess game and began to fight under the dim light. Suddenly, several people went their separate ways. The old lady chatted with Lin Lishan, and ran safely to tell Aunt Chen to cut the watermelon.

Not long after, the watermelons had just been served here, and Cheng Sijin and his wife also came over with a bucket of mung bean soup to enjoy the cool, and it was even more lively now.

Zhang Guoqing took a sip of the soup and raised his eyebrows. Could it be that the supply of sugar tickets has increased this month? Why doesn't he know? The family supply book is still in his hands.

...Drink less, it has saccharine in it.

Pingan blinked, Grandma, it's not too much, it's okay.

Zhang Guoqing suddenly came to his senses, looked up at the sky, wondering when his wife would come back, his heart and stomach were thinking about her.

...I exchanged cloth tickets for some sugar tickets, my sister-in-law will bring some back later.

Okay, I'm not being polite to you.

That's right, otherwise I wouldn't be ashamed to run around your rubbish thing.

There was a gentle breeze at home, and there were laughter and laughter in the yard. When the lights were turned off, everyone was ready to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, when Zhou Xiaozheng and his wife were leaving for work, Zhang Guoqing raised his head and looked at the sky, worried that the weather would change when he went out, so he abandoned the two bars.

After getting off the bus, Zhang Guoqing put down his son in his arms and led him by the hand. The father and son walked slowly on the street, intending to stroll to the small courtyard and take a look at the surrounding environment.

Standing at the entrance of an alley along the house number, Zhang Guoqing looked in front of him with satisfaction. It is different from other narrow alleys and alleys that are noisy like a courtyard.

There is an old locust tree at the entrance of the alley, and there are small book stalls nearby. The entire alley is 7-8 meters wide, and parking is available at the entrance. The whole alley is clean and spacious, and the neighbors in the neighborhood have gentle smiles on their faces.

The sounds of birds chirping and pigeon whistles all around are lively and melodious. Coupled with the conversation of children reading comic books and children's newspapers at the small book stalls, the whole alley has a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

Zhang Guoqing looked down at Ping An, and smiled happily when he saw him. It can be seen that this small courtyard has not been seen yet, but the surrounding environment has satisfied the child.

Dad, look at the numbers, it should be the left turn ahead.

Zhang Guoqing nodded with a smile. As Mrs. Cheng said, after walking less than 200 meters and turning left, the last yard is her own courtyard.

The gates of the small courtyards next to each other are open, even if some courtyards are covered by shadow walls, it can still be seen. Stone tables, stone stools, grape racks, occasional crawling loofah racks...

The father and son stood at the gate of the yard of the last blue brick house. I saw two large doors, decorated with red paint and a pair of door cymbals on the door.

Zhang Guoqing took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, chose one of them, and opened the lock with a click, then pushed with both hands, and with a creaking sound, the door opened.

After entering the door, there is a screen wall in front of you. On the screen wall, there is a rare Manchu word Fu engraved on the screen wall. Entering the courtyard, you can see that this was once a quadrangle courtyard in the Qing Dynasty.

The courtyard faces south. There are three rooms in the north, two bright and one dark, two rooms in the east and west wing rooms, and three rooms in the south room. Lying bricks to the top, with tile-roofed roofs. The courtyard is paved with brick and plastered corridors, connecting the doors of various houses, and there are steps in front of each house.

Now, except for the main building, east and west wing rooms, and ear rooms, there is no major damage, and the brick carvings and stone carvings inlaid on other heads and corners have all been removed.

From the lifting beams, bucket arches, wooden frame structures, blue bricks and small tiles, through the vicissitudes of time, even though the whole building is old, it can still be seen that it was elegant, simple and sophisticated in the past.

The father and son stood in the study of the south room, pushed open the wooden ridged window, and saw the lake scenery in the distance. The breeze blows away the heat of summer.

Dad, are we going to live here in the future?

Zhang Guoqing smiled and shook his head, We still have to live with grandpa. We can usually come and stay for two nights, and your grandma and the others can come and stay.

That's a good idea. I still like to live in the compound, where all my buddies are.

Zhang Guoqing couldn't help laughing. It seems that he was right in not telling the child the truth. If the child's grandfather moves to the new compound in the future, the two of us will be too far away from work, so here will be a resting place.

After closing the window, Zhang Guoqing took his son's little hand and took one last look at the wall before going out.

He still didn't open the darkroom in the end. It wasn't that he was worried that his son wouldn't be able to keep the secret, but that he was worried that the gold and silver property would be exposed in front of the child, which would make him lose his mind and lose his passion for struggle.

He never thought of letting his children know the huge wealth in his hands early. If a person has endless money and a distinguished family background, what is he asking for?

Sometimes a life that is too comfortable can wipe out people's fighting spirit. Especially when we are about to face the coming turbulent waves, we cannot tolerate such a peaceful state of mind.